Barry Blue
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Barry Blue in the Dutch television program Popzien, 8 June 1973
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Barry Ian Green |
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4 December 1950 London, England |
| Genres | Pop, glam rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Labels | Bell Records |
| Associated acts | Bee Gees, Lynsey de Paul, Heatwave, Lydia Canaan, Bananarama, Toto Coelo, Cheryl Lynn, Brotherhood of Man, Toto Coelo, Five Star, Dina Carroll, Andrea Bocelli, Diana Ross, Celine Dion, The Saturdays, Pixie LottC.J. & Company |
Barry Blue (born Barry Ian Green, 4 December 1950) is an English singer, producer, and songwriter. As an artist he is best known for his hit songs "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" and "Do You Wanna Dance" (both 1973).
At the age of 14, Blue signed to record producer Norrie Paramor whose erstwhile assistant was Tim Rice – the producer of Blue's first song "Rainmaker Girl", which became a hit for Gene Pitney in the United States. Later he became a bassist in the line-up of Spice, the precursor to the heavy rock band Uriah Heep. He followed this in 1966 with a two-year period in A&R at the Bee Gees' publishing company Abigail Music. In 1970, Blue signed as a songwriter to ATV-Kirshner. His first major success was "Sugar Me" (1972), which became a hit for Lynsey de Paul, and was the first of a series of songs that they co-wrote. At the time he was still using his real surname of Green.
He signed to Bell Records in 1973 billed as Barry Blue, and had five hit singles, including "School Love" (1974). His final Top 40 hit in the UK Singles Chart occurred in October 1974, when "Hot Shot", another song co-penned with de Paul, climbed to number 23.
Further success came with the production of the British funk/soul band Heatwave, who enjoyed hits in the UK and US with "Boogie Nights", "Always and Forever", 'Mind Blowing Decisions", and "The Groove Line". In 1989, under the banner of Cry Sisco!, Blue had another minor UK hit with a song called "Afro Dizzi Act", which reached number 42 on the UK Singles Chart.
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